Today, March 22, the Niger Republic’s administration has resumed activities at the Konni border. This occurs one week after the Illela land border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic was opened by Nigerian Customs Service officials acting on an instruction from the President. On Friday, the border was officially opened at precisely noon. Remember that…
Nigeria’s air and land borders with the Republic of Niger have been reopened on President Bola Tinubu’s directives. He also gave the go-ahead to immediately ease other restrictions imposed on the nation. The instruction was in accordance with the decisions made by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its Extraordinary Summit…
President Bola Tinubu has restated his commitment as Chairman of the Authority of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Heads of State, and Government, to progress the bloc’s judicial reforms. The president went on to say that a responsible and integrity-driven judicial system would enhance democracy throughout West Africa, emphasizing that the judiciary remained…
Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and the Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional body’s Foreign Affairs Ministers are gathering in Abuja, Nigeria. The ministers are also scheduled to discuss the massive protests in Senegal that followed the suspension of the country’s presidential elections. Dr. Alieu Touray,…